The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-03-26
MISER PAINE'S FORTUNE.

that would pass anywhere at it
face value, and only two men in al
the world knew where it was, for
was hidden, and only one of thes
two knew it was money instead O
rubbish; and for nearly score o
years it lay untouched in its hidin,
place, and then the one man wht
knew that it was money died with
out saying anything to anybody
it, and the other man, discover
ing that it was money, was so hon
est that he informed the heirs
about it, and the result was a great
contest in the courts.
1t has not even been told before
this that for nearly year the four
hundred thousand dollars which
astounded the court one day, lay in
the Garfield National Bank in Bos-
ton. Everybody has heard of the
odd package that looked like
bundle Of old newspapers which
Mr.. Charles Chickering found in
his safe and discovered to be stacks
and stacks of greenbacks. With
out waiting to count them he hur-
ried off to Boston and brought
deputation of the heirs back, and
together they examined the strange
package. Once in the seventeen
years since Miser Paine had asked
Mr.. Chickering to keep it for him
in his safe, had the owner inquired
about it, casually asking Mr..
Chickering if that bundle was all
right, and Mr.. Chickering had re-
piled that it was still there and he
wished that Paine would take it
away. When the money had been
counted Mr.. Chickering took it up
to the Garfield bank and went into
the presidents room, a little office
next to the street entrance. Mr..
Cheney was there and when one or
two visitors had withdrawn, Mr..
Chickcring said to him:
81 have package here that l
would like to leave with you for
safe keeping"
every WE'LL" said President Chen
NY, 81 guess we can accommodate
you"
The package was laid on the
desk and the gentlemen passed
several inconsequental remarks
about business and the weather,
and then Mr.. Chickering rose to go.
The president observed that the {
package ought to be marked in t
some way for identification. h
ut is Marked" replied Mr.. f
Chickering, with his hand on the II
loor knob.
President Cheney looked it over.
He saw nothing but a row of fig
Tres scrawled on the newspaper
without punctuation, as W
some one had been making CT
II
ough calculation. 1t did not oc- II
ur to him that they conveyed any CO
Intelligence, written as they were in tt
encil. He glanced inquiringly at pr
IF. Chickering and saw that gem
eman look straight at the figures oil
II. Cheney scrutinized them again. fr'
his what he saw: 3587OO ca
"You don't mean to say" he ex-
aimed in the utmost astonish- br
ent, that this package contains OF
ree hundred and fifty-six thou
nd and seven hundred dollars?"
"That's just, in cash." said Mr.
President Chenny called the ~
shier in and, pointing to the
ckage, said; "Mr. Vail, Mr.. ~
lickering wants us to take care of o.
is. and that is what he says there
in It,"
Mr.. Vail looked at the unpunc- o.''
ated figures, glanced up at Mr.. A.
ickering, scowled, looked again
the figures, glanced at Mr.. ~
emmy, and then repeated the re
grafton. When he finally per- '
aded himself that the gentlemen 1
ant what fhav ca{J o,I A. C.